http://www.meetthepuritans.com/2010/02/15/john-owen-on-revival/ It's a Seventeenth Century World Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:12:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://www.meetthepuritans.com/2010/02/15/john-owen-on-revival/comment-page-1/#comment-637 Mark Jones Mon, 15 Feb 2010 18:16:48 +0000 http://www.meetthepuritans.com/?p=606#comment-637 Danny, One of my favorite stories is about a South African revival in the Dutch Reformed Church when many Afrikaans men were in a British concentration camp. A spirit of prayer (seeking after God in familiar conversation) overcame the hundreds of men one evening and from that moment a revival took place in the church in South Africa. Over 250 men went on from that group to study for the ministry. Excesses do not invalidate the real thing, just as hypocrites in the church does not mean there are no true believers! I actually think "revivalism" is a strong argument that "revival" did in fact take place. Danny,
One of my favorite stories is about a South African revival in the Dutch Reformed Church when many Afrikaans men were in a British concentration camp. A spirit of prayer (seeking after God in familiar conversation) overcame the hundreds of men one evening and from that moment a revival took place in the church in South Africa. Over 250 men went on from that group to study for the ministry. Excesses do not invalidate the real thing, just as hypocrites in the church does not mean there are no true believers! I actually think “revivalism” is a strong argument that “revival” did in fact take place.

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